How to get a Free Copy of SUSE Linux Professional 9.3

Important:
There are two ways to obtain a free copy of SUSE Linux Professional
9.3. One is by downloading the DVD or CDs, and two is by downloading a
boot disk and installing over the network. There are advantages and
disadvantages to both. The advantages of the first option is that you
always have the media with you. The advantage of the
second option is that you simply download the software that you choose
during the time of
installation. This means that if you only need 1 Gig of software, you
don't need to download the full DVD or CDs.

DVD/CD Installation (local install)

The 32 bit verion is available on 5 CD ISO images or on a single
DVD ISO image. The 64 bit version is available on 1 DVD ISO image only.

Download the either the CDs or DVD file from the closest mirror.
You will find the files under the ISO directory for the given platform.
For example, the 32 bit files are located in the /i386/9.3/iso/
directory.

Note: This example is using the
i386 arctitecture, therefore the first directory might be different for
a different system.

Burn the ISO image to a DVD.

Boot from the DVD.

FTP Installation (network install)

Download the boot.iso or the 9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso
file from the closest mirror.
You will find the boot.iso in the /i386/9.3/boot/ directory and
9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso in the /i386/9.3/iso/
directory. They are the same file.

Note: This example is using the
i386 arctitecture, therefore the first directory might be different for
a different system.

One you have the file downloaded, you can burn it to a CD.

Note: If you are using vmware,
you can simply point to the iso if desired.

Once
you startup the CD, you will need to choose the F3 option at the
installation screen. Here you can choose to do an FTP or HTTP install
depending on the
mirror you choose. It is suggested that you choose a mirror close
to you for optimum bandwidth.

Whether
you choose the ftp or http installation option, you will basically be
prompted to put in the server and the directory. For this example we
will be using the Colorado ftp mirror found at ftp://mirror.colorado.edu/pub/suse/.
If you drill down to the /i386/9.3 directory your URL would then look
like this: ftp://mirror.colorado.edu/pub/suse/i386/9.3/.
Now we can take this information and split it up into server and
directory. The server would be mirror.colorado.edu and the directory
would be /pub/suse/i386/9.3. This would be the same concept for an http
installation if the mirror support an http URL. Now place this
information in your installation information as shown in the screen
shot below. Since we can access this anonymously, we don't need to fill
out the last two fields.